β-thalassemia major

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1027-1029

  Al Hawsawi, Zakaria M ^a   Ismail, Ghousia A ^a   Al Harbi, Hanan A ^a   Al Sobhi, Zaki R ^a  

^a Madinah Maternity/Children's Hosp ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; BETA GLOBIN; DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON CHELATING AGENT; PENICILLIN G; RIBAVIRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; INFANT; IRON OVERLOAD; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEPTICEMIA; SPLENOMEGALY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATOMEGALY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GALLSTONES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0141892032     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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